There are essentially three different perspectives when it comes to the peculiarities of our time:

The first is the idea that what is happening is largely good and a step towards a better world.

The second is that bad choices and decisions got us off track and we just need to make better choices and decisions to get back to the good old times.

The third is that what we are looking at are symptoms of the inevitable decline and fall of an aging civilization.

Essentially, Liberals, Conservatives and Spenglerians.

Only the latter base their views on something else than wishful thinking.